Flop Squillaci can go for free if he finds a club willing to take him, Hannover want to borrow then buy Djourou and Arshavin's a target for Reading

MC Hammer? Marouane Chamakh could be crossing London to join West Ham (Photo: Getty)

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Arsenal flop Marouane Chamakh has opened talks with West Ham over a loan move to Upton Park.

The Morocco striker is one of the highest earners in the Gunners squad, on £80,000 a week, and boss Arsene Wenger is keen to get him off the wage bill.

The Emirates club are ready to pay a portion of his salary to force the Hammers move through.

West Ham will have the option to make the deal permanent in the summer.

Wenger has launched a major January clear-out at Arsenal, with Sebastien Squillaci and Johan Djourou both set to join Chamakh and Andrey Arshavin in passing through the exit door.

French flop Squillaci, 32, has been told he can have a free transfer if he finds another club, while Hannover want Swiss defender Djourou on loan with a view to a permanent summer switch.

Squillaci has made only one first-team appearance this season, in the Champions League dead rubber against Olympiacos, while Djourou has played more games for Switzerland than for the Gunners in the current campaign.